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Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi)

Date of Birth: 12 April 1942
Place of Birth: Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal Province


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Ramaphosa begins world tour

A slower-burning issue is the Britain-South Africa relationship which weakened considerably under Jacob Zuma's presidency...


Zexit, Ramaphoria, then political landmines

The EFF's tactical win reveals the new political landscape after the forced resignation of Jacob Zuma on 14 February...

When the Guptas saw the tide turn against former President Jacob Zuma they withdrew from the deal with Denel incurring losses of roughly R500 million ($43 mn...

Zuma removed Gordhan again in March 2017 because he was standing in the way of a nuclear deal with Russia which South Africa neither needed nor could afford (AC Vol 56 No 25 Jacob Zuma's costly week & Vol 58 No 8 Zuma's edifice starts to wobble & Gigaba raises sights still higher)...

' March 2017: President Jacob Zuma calls for the amendment of the constitution to provide for land expropriation without compensation...

14 February 2018: The ANC leadership forces Jacob Zuma to resign...


Kabila's survival strategy

Zuma's exit deepens Kabila's regional isolation Southern African support for President Joseph Kabila is beginning to wobble following the ousting of Jacob Zuma a key ally of the Congolese President...


Not yet Team Ramaphosa

There are now three discernible factions: the reformers around Ramaphosa to which the whole economic team belongs; the hardline supporters of former President Jacob Zuma and his ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma; and the New Premier League those provincial chiefs who have broken away from the Zumas and have their own business and political bases outside the national centres of power...

He has brought back two finance ministers summarily fired by Jacob Zuma for rebuffing demands for easy access to state funds that benefited the Gupta brothers' businesses...


A Saint Valentine's Day massacre, of sorts

When it came the end for Jacob Zuma came quickly...

Claiming credit for the Zexit After nine years of Jacob Zuma's presidency and patronage there is no shortage of activists who can claim a role in his downfall...


Zuma goes down fighting

The African National Congress has decided to remove President Jacob Zuma from office after a tenure dogged by corruption scandal and economic stagnation...

Ten days that sank Zuma Sunday 4 February: African National Congress top six meet with Jacob Zuma following the mandate from the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) to negotiate his resignation...


Two steps forward…

Cyril Ramaphosa's election as president of the African National Congress in December and anticipation that he will take Jacob Zuma's place as state president within the next few months have caused renewed optimism about South Africa...

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Big change, no fanfare

His approach to Jacob Zuma who is expected to stay on as national president for several more weeks is typical of the Ramaphosa method: always polite but clear...

From Zuma to Ramaphosa 9 December 2015: Jacob Zuma replaces respected Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene with unknown Des van Rooyen...


Cyril presses his advantage

The centre of gravity in the governing African National Congress has shifted towards its new President Cyril Ramaphosa who now has a decisive tactical advantage over the national President Jacob Zuma...

Sipho Pityana the former senior ANC official businessman and founder of the protest movement Save South Africa recently likened the party to a 'rotten cake' (AC Vol 58 No 4 The state of Jacob Zuma's presidency)...


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